• Registered: 2014-07-11
  • Posts: 2

Topic: Google image index works, but how?

Hi guys, love the galleries!  I'm so perplexed about how google is indexing the images on your http://juicebox.net/demos/pro/sharing/ example, and I was going to claim it's not working, but it is!  I just can't figure it out

The first image, 130_3027.jpg, titled Dark Towers by Felix Turner, shows up nowhere in a google image search for 130_3027.jpg.  A search for 130_3027.jpg Dark Towers by Felix Turner, lists the page, but says the image 130_3027.jpg is missing.  But then searching Dark Towers by Felix Turner, there is image 130_3027.jpg. 

I know, I should just accept that all is good, but when I test the page using tools like an image seo tool (http://www.feedthebot.com/tools/alt/), it finds the alt text and the titles, but can't display the images.  I just don't want to penalize myself by screwing up!

Any info would be helpful!

Will

  • Registered: 2012-04-24
  • Posts: 5,924

Re: Google image index works, but how?

Only Google really know how their image indexing works. The algorithm they use is probably very complex.
It may help to have descriptive filenames though (rather than filenames such as '130_3027.jpg').

Also, I do not know how the 'feedthebot' tool works (I have no access to their source code) but I have created a few test scenarios (both with and without Juicebox) and it seems to display images (in my test pages, at least) whose paths (the 'src' attributes to the 'img' tags) are expressed as absolute URLS (e.g. 'http://www.example.com/images/image.jpg') rather than relative. There should be no problem with Google being able to index images with relative URLs though (this is perfectly valid)

If you want to give your images the best chance of being indexed, make sure you give them all titles and captions (so that each <img> tag's 'title' and 'alt' attributes are filled in). It might also help to give your images descriptive filenames and if you want your images to be displayed in the 'feedthebot' tool, try changing the relative paths to absolute (though I would expect that this is not necessary for Google).

  • Registered: 2014-07-11
  • Posts: 2

Re: Google image index works, but how?

Thanks Steven.  I've only recently realized that I haven't had a good gallery on our photography sites since we took down all the flash galleries after the ipad came out.  Very excited.

  • Registered: 2012-04-24
  • Posts: 5,924

Re: Google image index works, but how?

I should also have pointed out that to ensure JuiceboxBuilder-Pro generates SEO content code in the gallery's 'index.html' file, you should select the 'Add SEO Content' checkbox in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro's 'Customize -> Sharing' section. (This configuration option is selected by default.)

Please see the Search Engine Optimization support section for further details.